գալար

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գալար (galar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գալար (galar)

  1. coil, twist, bend

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wl̥H-, zero-grade of *welH-, +‎ -ար (-ar).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

գալար (galar)

  1. coil, twist, bend (e.g. of a snake or intestines)
  2. (figuratively) tenderness of heart

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գալար (galar)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գալար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 501

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